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[valleyrogue]

27. The thing is most of those who make the "big pensions" wouldn't qualify for SS in the first place.

If they have 30, 35, or 40 years in, they are not going to be able to get the 40 quarters to become eligible for SS benefits.

The WEP directly impacted people like me who went into non-covered employment in midlife, but didn't get "outrageous" pensions because they had less service credit. I was only in non-covered employment a total of 5.04 years, with about 1 1/2 years of it also working for a private school fulltime paying into SS. I was still cheated out of about $120 a month SS.